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Huge GOP election losses spur debates about populist economics

Zach Halaschak · November 13, 2026 7:05 am

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Three-quarters of House members seeking statewide office lost

President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele speaks during a press conference after signing a memorandum of understanding with Spanish company Grupo Cox in San Salvador. Under the agreement, Grupo Cox will invest $2.9 billion in the country's water and energy sectors, an investment Bukele said is part of the government's goal of making El Salvador "the fastest-growing economy in Latin America." (Photo by Camilo Freedman / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

In Haiti, Bukele cracks down where UN failed

President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

How Democratic healthcare ad blitz helped sink GOP Senate candidates

KJ Apa in "Jimmy." (Courtesy of Burns Co.)

‘Jimmy,’ with KJ Apa as Jimmy Stewart, is sharp, wholesome entertainment

Pete Buttigieg speaks at a rally.

Buttigieg rails against Trump fundraising email featuring fallen troops: ‘Amateur hour’

Claire Carter March 15, 2026 10:58 am

A storm-damaged Tholens’ Landscape & Garden center is in ruins in the aftermath of a powerful storm that ripped through the area a day earlier in Kankakee, Ill., Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Severe storm expected to hit DC with up to 75 mph winds

Claire Carter March 15, 2026 10:18 am

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi , in Jerusalem, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard pledges to kill Netanyahu

Claire Carter March 15, 2026 9:36 am

two women posing for a photo

Pink Tie Party gives platform for local DC designers

Amy DeLaura March 15, 2026 9:23 am

Social Security money 8.

April Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 17 days

Asher Notheis March 15, 2026 7:00 am

Texas state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks at a primary election watch party Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Austin, Texas

Campaigns reach for influencer megaphones for ‘organic’ media strategy

Lauren Green March 15, 2026 7:00 am

A sign for the Otay Mesa Detention Center sits in front of the building Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in San Diego. The early absence of facial coverings, lack of cleaning supplies and mixing symptomatic detainees with others preceded the first big outbreak at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's 221 detention centers. While the point of origin is unclear, accounts of how the virus spread at the Otay Mesa Detention Center expose shortcomings and inherent difficulties of managing the world's largest immigration detention system during a pandemic. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Why ICE is buying warehouses and could purchase privately owned detention sites

Anna Giaritelli March 15, 2026 5:00 am

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

State Department urges Americans to leave Iraq ‘now’ after US embassy hit

Zach LaChance March 14, 2026 11:53 pm

President Donald Trump.

US may strike Kharg Island again ‘just for fun,’ Trump says

Zach LaChance March 14, 2026 8:49 pm

Abu Musa Island.

Iran claims US also hit another island during Kharg bombing

Zach LaChance March 14, 2026 6:57 pm

Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump.

Tucker Carlson says voters feel let down by Trump over Iran war

Sydney Topf March 14, 2026 5:51 pm

FCC head Brendan Carr.

Carr threatens to strip broadcasters of FCC licenses over Iran coverage

Zach LaChance March 14, 2026 5:05 pm